Domaine de Chevalier Blanc (Futures Pre-Sale) 2009

Professional Ratings

• 98 James Suckling
  This is very dense and powerful, reminds me of the 2005 but it has more structure and acidity. It’s a blockbuster with a huge finish, Grand Cru Burgundy style. Fresh and massive.
  Barrel Sample: 97-98 Points
• 95 Wine Enthusiast
  An impeccable wine, this is so finely balanced between its rich fruits and structure. With its seamless character, it offers both fine acidity, green and white fruit and an undertow of wood aging. This is a wine for long-term aging. Cellar Selection.
• 95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  This wine has closed down since I saw it prior to bottling. A blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Semillon from one of the great estates in Pessac-Leognan, the wine has notes of white currants, melon, and flint/crushed rock with a delicate hit of orange and lemon zest. Give it another 4-5 years of cellaring and drink it over the following three decades.
  Rating: 95+
• 92 Wine Spectator
  Very fresh and bright, with a lovely racy edge from the start, showing mouthwatering quinine, white peach and Meyer lemon notes that all glide through the deftly toasty finish. Drink now through 2020. 2,000 cases made.